@Tahu The manga is ongoing.
The novel completed the first "少年期編" (shounen part) with volume 9 (which came out in Japan like, 2021.

The webnovel started a new arc called the "青年期編" (seishun part) which is so far webnovel only.

I think it's possible that the good sales of the manga will get Kadokawa to come and print the new arc at somepoint as well: it looks like it's got maybe ~1-2 volumes worth of webnovel written but it's not being written so quickly anymore.

@SomeOldGuy I believe this has been fixed now, sorry for the confusion!

@myskaros !!! So I never knew that was an option. I was just living with what i thought wad a lack of dark mode in the reader. Thank you for telling me! Maybe now I'll start reading parts as they come out lol

Still would enjoy epub for offline / poor reception reading but! I'm happy this exists

@Terabyte said in Chillin' In Another World names:

@lighthawk96 In this case, the name change was appropriate for an English audience to keep the joke intact, IMO. Changing it back because the (JP) spoken audio will sound too different is what I don't get... I don't care about that kind of thing at least. 🙄

Yup!
．．．this is kind of a cheap excuse!
How many times the audios said "oni-chan/-san, etc (big /-dear brother)" and we can read the character name (surename) instead in the subs!

So, doesn't really matter if in the anime they said "charun" if then the subs they can change it and keep with the initial "Tia" … to match with the actual translation.

(well, not now that they are using the original name).

Manga author, Miya, posted about Chapter 39 being released.
https://twitter.com/Miya_Taira/status/1772577380173045865

@GeorgeMTO
Finding the proper folks for this story would seem a trick in itself, given the setting.
It's not generic.

Then they need to get up to speed; I'd argue for having them read through all the prior volumes with the Japanese side by side with the English translation and checking to make sure the glossary and whatever else they've produced to ensure consistency is up to snuff, bookmarks for reference sources related to fashion, technology, &c confirmed, and so on and so forth...

Which is maybe a bit more than what's likely to occur unless JNC is paying for the 'get up to speed' stuff in addition to their standard rates or they get folks on board who are that into the story themselves to 'donate' to 'the cause'.

I have to say JNC's done well so far when a change in staff occurs with the various translation teams, so more of this might be happening than a pessimistic view of the industry would expect.
JNC shows a commitment to quality that is refreshing.

@myskaros said in Any news about „Great Cleric“ Volume 11?:

@Zicco1 Unfortunately, "light novel" is simply a marketing term; it has no strict definition separating it from other types of books other than "is published under a label specifically for 'light novels.'" There are light novels that are 500 or more pages, and there are light novels without anime covers or insert art. Yes, light novels tend to be "anime-like stories in prose form" but other than that there's nothing special about them.

Is that so? I was under the impression that light novels usually were 30-50K words. I know of an exception (quite a big one at that) where the book was almost 900 pages long. But aren't books usually divided into light novels, novels or novella?

@Almond-Magnum said in Thoughts upon rereading D-Genesis - there will be spoilers, of course.:

IIRC, it was more of coil gun.

hush you! leave my dreams of magic rail guns alone!

@Lily-Garden I was getting sleepy, but my comment on that one was going to be that the author was tripping on acid.

@PuckGoodfellow00-0

I'm sorry for your loss... that's rough.

I recently finished my first read through of the series and yeah, I can see how it would be just the right kind of series to help... serious enough to hold your attention and yet light hearted enough that it doesn't demand your attention.

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go cuddle my kitty, who turned 14 last month...

@myskaros Thank you!

reserved for something we did not think of when first posted.

@Rahul-Balaggan Thank you for the links, I didn't realize you had to secure licensing rights to the new volume in order to translate it.

@CrimsonScholar said in About Demon King Daimao illustrations:

@Geezer-Weasalopes Oh, that's nice. Though, question, where exactly do I find those textless illustrations after buying them? For one, I have in general difficulty finding where colored illustrations are. (I only see the cover and the black and white illustrations for light novels while reading them)

For example, I have bought Reborn to Master the Blade V1 but I can't find the colored illustrations for it anyway. (the ones with text)

You've downloaded the book, yes?
Not the prepub stuff, but using the download link from the item in your User Library? (The prepub stuff never has the color illustrations beyond the cover illustration, whether you have purchased the boo or not.)
You have to do that and then open the epub using an ebook reader capable of doing so.

Bear in mind that JNC ended up shifting all the color images to the end of their epubs to reduce the number of Amazon takedowns; the folks getting their jollies by reporting things for violating Amazon's amorphous 'community standards' can't be bothered to purchase the works but use what's in the Kindle preview as their justification...and some of those images were awful convenient to them.

So you need to purchase the book directly from JNC at this site, download the purchased copy, and open up the downloaded file and go to the end of the book to find the color illustrations.
The black and white will be where they should be within the text.

If you purchase the book via a different site it won't contain the bonus content, so for this it has to be purchased direct from JNC.

Ah.
Timing.
Welp, hopefully this wall of text will be of use to someone down the line!

The other nice thing about purchasing direct from JNC is that it'll be DRM free.

My understanding is that one of the reasons caught up series can take longer is that while for existing volumes they can do a contract for multiple volumes, Japanese publishers are understandably reluctant to sign a contract for a volume that isn't published yet. This means that for such volumes JNC will have to wait until the next time they are in Japan doing a deal with the publisher to get the rights for it after it has been published (or at least when publication in Japan is set in stone). JNC then might have to wait for the digital files with all the text and art to be sent over.

I also assume that there is a stronger incentive for JNC to be prompt for series where Japan is several volumes ahead to maintain momentum on a series where them being prompt allows JNC to publish more volumes in a year, especially as it means less time for translators and editors having to re-read past volumes to help ensure consistency. *

This also presumably means that when you have translators and editors busy with series that have multiple volumes to translate the series with single volumes have a lower priority and have to wait for their original translator and editor to become free or a new one to be found. Some translators work for multiple publishers so their availability might not even be in JNC's control. The longer the series, the more work it is to bring a new translator or editor on board, so waiting several months for people to be free can make a lot of sense.

(* There might also be higher priority for series that JNC knows or suspects is just about to have an anime adaptation, but I can only remember one instance where this was obvious, which if I am not mistaken was Smartphone where they translated at least 3 volumes without a pause.)

@SupraD I just can't wait for this to premier. The books are great.

@Windsagio Sorry, I'm not too familiar with these forums so I didn't realize I could post in a place labeled "members only" without a subscription ^.^;